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Play Stalker Call of Pripyat on Linux with OpenXray.

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The new open-source OpenXray engine allows a gamer to run Call of Pripyat on Linux. This is how to install this very useful application. This comes as a PPA, just add the PPA to your system. 4.4 Thu Jan 16 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eagleivg/openxray4.4 Thu Jan 16 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eagleivg/openxray … Read more

Get a nice 64 bit engine for Shadow of Chernobyl today. It really does look good.

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There is a nice 64-bit engine that can be used with Shadow of Chernobyl. This is the OGSR engine, this is what New Arsenal 6 uses for its Stalker mod. This is quite stable and looks very good indeed. It gives the old Shadow of Chernobyl game nice sunshafts and shadows. It really gives it … Read more

Very nice new Stalker mod using Call of Pripyat engine.

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Dead City Breakthrough (Мёртвый город: Прорыв). This is a new mod using Call of Pripyat engine. But you start in the Cordon military base and you then go to the Cordon camp where there is an underground base. This has a Bar and the Technician that can repair weapons. The house where you find Fox … Read more

Linux and UNIX commands that are very useful.

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To view the contents of an ISO image, the isoinfo command for Linux will come in very useful indeed. Just type isoinfo -f -i myiso.iso to view the contents of the ISO image as shown in this example. C:\MEDIA\ELEMENTS\FILES\ISOS> isoinfo -f -i linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso /BOOT /CASPER /EFI /ISOLINUX /MD5SUM.TXT;1 /PRESEED /_DISK /BOOT/GRUB /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST_DESKTOP;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SIZE;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SQUASHFS;1 … Read more

How I fixed the Java out of memory issue on an Amazon AWS instance.

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I was trying to get openmeetings working on an Amazon AWS instance today and I kept getting Java out of memory errors. I fixed this with this simple solution I found: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18078859/java-run-out-of-memory-issue. This fixed my problem and allowed the java application to start with a limited amount of memory. Try this out if you have … Read more

Adding Adsense advertisements to a Pagelines WordPress theme.

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The Pagelines Framework theme is an outstanding theme for the WordPress blogging software, and adding Adsense ad units is a good way to monetise your website. If you edit the wp-content/themes/pagelines/sections/content/section.php you may add an Adsense ad unit very easily. There are plugins for WordPress that allow you to add Adsense ads to your blog, … Read more

New plugin for Compiz allows moving the Unity dock to the bottom.

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This plugin for Compiz allows you to move the Unity launcher to the bottom of the screen, which makes more sense on a widescreen monitor, which comprises the majority of all computers around the world that will be using the Unity desktop. More information here: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how-to-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom-of.html. Why does Unity not have this feature by default? … Read more

Enlightenment E16 and Lord of the Rings symbolism.

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The Enlightenment E16 desktop I have setup on my computer is a very good example of a simple computer interface, the layout of the desktop with the iconbox and virtual desktop pager at the bottom of the screen, the clicking on the desktop to access the root menu and the overall eye candy aspect is … Read more

Good old days of Linux. What users miss from the old Linux distros.

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http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-i-miss-about-old-school-linux/2309 The thing I miss the most about Linux is the coolness factor of having an operating system that is much better than Windows ’98 was and it supported your hardware without having to juggle disks installing drivers and installing virus scanners and other stuff to keep you safe on the Internet. The poster of … Read more